Display device



A. DIETSCHE, JR.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLxcATloN FILED MAIL?. 1922.

Patented Oct. l?, 1922.

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DESFLAY DEVICE.

To @Zlwhom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, Anonrrr Dinrsorrn, Junior, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, borough of Queens, in the county ofQueens and'State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Displa Devices, of which the following is a specication.

rlhis invention relates to folding display devices of that class adaptedfor window' or counter display as erected on containers, the blankportion of the device bearing illustrations or printed matter relatingto the contents of the container.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a display device ofthe character mentioned from a single blank of suitable sheet material,cut and shaped in conformity with the container in such manner as to besupported firmly thereby in an erect position.

Another object is to provide a display device in a form quickly andcheaply manufactured, from sheet material by common processes and whichare capable of being tightly and compactly packed, when extended flat,for storage or shipment.

To these purposes the improvements comprise features described in theirpreferred embodiments and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure l is a perspective rear view showing an embodiment of myinvention, as applied to a conventional type of cylindrical can.

Fi 2 is a plan view of the blank prior to bending into the shape shownin Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar plan view showing an adaption of the blank for asquare container.

Fig. 1 is to a scale about one-fourth larger than that of Fig. 2, andlFig. 3 is to a scale about two-thirds that of Fig. 2.

Any preferred sheet material may be used which is capable of beingdie-cut, sheared and bent along creased lines, and any fanciful profilemay be given the blank.

As shown, upper portion 10, constituting I the display panel, is boundedat its top by a curved symmetrical line, 11, joiningstraight arallelside lines 12 terminating at inreac ing shoulders 13 connected by asingle semi-circular line, 1t, base 15.

Extending upward into panel 10, from verse bendin tween, and from theirlower ends bending' outlining q a plane in alinement with shoulders 13,are a pair of slits, 16, spaced apart a distance less than the majortransverse dimension of the container with which the device is to beused, forming on each side one of equal leg elements 17.

At the upper ends of slits 16 is a transcrease 18 extending therebelines19 extend out to shouldersP 13.

Joinin the lower ends of slits 16 are curved slits 20 having a radiusequal to that of the container, said slits extendingdown into base 15and terminating in short parallel spaced apart slits 21, between andconnecting the ends of which is a bending crease 22, said slits 20giving a U shaped appearance'to the base, and inconjunction with theslits 16 form a midmember having upper and lower portions 23 and 24,respectively.

Said portions have between them a trans verse folding line, 25,v spacedfrom articulating crease 22 a distance equal to the distance ofarticulatin crease 18 from bending lines 19, all of whic are parallel.

lln erecting the device upon an upstanding container, as `shown in Fig.1, the elements of the midmember are bent outwardly to the rear alongarticulating line 18 and upwardly along articulating line 22, while theU shaped base alsov is bent outwardly along bending lines 19,approximately at ri ht angles to panel 10. fr

lement 211 of the midmember is thus caused to assume a position in therear of and parallel to said panel, bending on line 25, and the element23 rests over the top of the container, entered and fitting between thecurved edges 20. l.v

rlFhe modication Ishown in F ig. 3 is composed of `a blank the same incontour and having slits 16, together with crease and bending lines 18,19 and 22.

Joining the `line 22 are spaced apart' ver- `tical slits 26 connecting,by diagonal lines 27,

from line 18, the angles formed by cuts 28 and 29 forming partialboundaries of a square the size of the container the device will be usedupon.

'Obviously other shapes of containers can be tted with display devicesmadeon the same general lines, having cut-outs to suit and bent in"conformity therewith.

I claim:

l. A folding display device of sheet material adapted and arranged forerection on an upstanding container or the like of cylindri cal or-other form, including in combination a display panel havingv oppositedownwardly reaching legs, said legs being spaced apart a distance lessthan the majorvtransverse dimension of the article on which said deviceis adapted for erection, a U shaped member articulated on a transverseline to the lower ends respectively of said legs, the inner edges ofsaid U shaped memberbeing in approximate conformity with outer portionsof a transverse section o'f the supporting article, a midmember betweensaid legs and within said U shaped member articulated at its upper edgeto said display panel and at its lower edge to the lower innermidportion of said U shaped member, and folding line transverse saidmidmember, said folding line and the several lines of articulation beingparallel.

2. A folding display device of sheet'material adapted and arranged forerection on an upstanding container or the like of cylindrical or otherform, all portions of the device being above the base of the supportingarticle, including in combination a display, panel having oppositedownwardly reaching legs, said legs being spaced apart a distance lessthan the major transverse dimension of the article on which said deviceis adapted for erection, a U shaped member articulated on a transverselineto the lower ends respectively of said legs, the inner edges of saidU shaped member being in approximate conformity with outer portions of atransverse section of the supporting article, a midmember between saidlegs .and within said U shaped member articulated at its upper edge tosaid display panel andy at its lower edge to the lower inner midportionof said U shaped member, and a folding line transverse Isaid midmemberat a distance from the line of articulation of said midmember anddisplay panel equal to the distance of the line of articulation of saidlegs and U member from the lineof articulation of said midmember and Umember, said several folding lines being parallel.

3. A folding display device of sheet material adapted and arranged forerection on an upstanding container or the like of cylindrical or otherform, including in combination a display panel portion, two spaced apartupstanding slits therethrough, the

upper portions of said slits being spaced apart a distance less than themajor transverse dimension of the article on which the device is adaptedfor erection, the lower portions of said slits being in approximateconformity `with outer portions of a transverse section of thesupporting article, a transverse folding line across the foot of saidpanel portion approximately in line with the meeting points of the upperand lower portions of said slits respectively, and three transversefolding lines across that midportion of the device lying between saidslits, in parallelism with the transverse folding line across the panelfoot, the upper of said three folding lines connecting the upper ends ofsaid slits, the middle folding line being spaced from said upper foldingline a distance equal to the distance of the folding line at the foot ofthe panel portion from the bottom folding line of said midportion.

In witness whereof, I hereby aiiix my signature this 4th day of March,1922.

ADOLPH DIETSCHE, JR.

